United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1976

United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1976
November 2, 1976

 
Nominee Quentin N. Burdick Robert Stroup
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 175,772 103,466
Percentage 62.10% 36.55%
U.S. Senate election results map.
Blue denotes counties won by Burdick.
Red denotes those won by Stroup.
U.S. Senator before election

Quentin N. Burdick
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Quentin N. Burdick
Democratic

The 1976 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 2, 1976. The incumbent, North Dakota Democratic NPL Party (Dem-NPL) Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his fourth term to the United States Senate, defeating Republican candidate Robert Stroup. [1]

Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Robert Stroup, as state senator from Hazen, North Dakota. Burdick and Stroup won the primary elections for their respective parties.

One independent candidate, Clarence Haggard, also filed before the deadline under the American Party.

Election results

1976 United States Senate election, North Dakota
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Quentin Burdick (incumbent) 175,772 62.10
Republican Robert Stroup 103,466 36.55
Independent Clarence Haggard 3,824 1.35
Majority
Turnout 283,062

Notes

  1. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf

See also

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